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Tag: Jonathan Toews

  • Just Dropped In – Hawks at Predators Preview, Pregame Thread, Reasonable #GamerGate Discussion

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    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Ghost With A Boner: On The Forecheck, III Communication

    Tonight is literally the most important hockey game of the season to this point league wide, with the last two teams without a regulation loss squaring off in Music City. The somewhat surprising Predators holding a slight advantage in the standings in the early going, with a shootout loss in the one more game they have played than the Hawks, and Conference III bragging rights are on the line.

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  • Putting The "Ill" In "Ila-Delph": Flyers 0 – Hawks 4

    Putting The "Ill" In "Ila-Delph": Flyers 0 – Hawks 4

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War-On-Ice

    For the second straight year, the Philadelphia Flyers rolled into the United Center, laid down on their back for a belly rub, urinated a little on the floor, and quickly beat it back to the bus. This was a slight improvement, they didn’t give up seven this time.

    It was no surprise that the Hawks, wanting to avoid the prolonged whiskey dick (redundant?) that the previous two games turned into, came out flying even faster and more frantically in this one hoping to put it away early. That’s exactly what they did. All it took was a brilliant rush from the third line, a power play, and then another rush from the third line, and this one was half in the bag. In a good way, not in the way we usually use that phrase. Or like Killion is now.

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  • Putting The “Ill” In “Ila-Delph”: Flyers 0 – Hawks 4

    Putting The “Ill” In “Ila-Delph”: Flyers 0 – Hawks 4

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War-On-Ice

    For the second straight year, the Philadelphia Flyers rolled into the United Center, laid down on their back for a belly rub, urinated a little on the floor, and quickly beat it back to the bus. This was a slight improvement, they didn’t give up seven this time.

    It was no surprise that the Hawks, wanting to avoid the prolonged whiskey dick (redundant?) that the previous two games turned into, came out flying even faster and more frantically in this one hoping to put it away early. That’s exactly what they did. All it took was a brilliant rush from the third line, a power play, and then another rush from the third line, and this one was half in the bag. In a good way, not in the way we usually use that phrase. Or like Killion is now.

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  • A Peek At Peaks, But No Perfect Pachydermus Percussion Pitch

    A Peek At Peaks, But No Perfect Pachydermus Percussion Pitch

    So I’ll come clean with you all. Some of my sense of urgency and frustration with the Hawks roster management and such stems from this deep fear I have that I haven’t really talked about. It’s creeping around there though, as ridiculous as it seems on the surface. And it’s this fear that the center of which this team is built around, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, are closer to the end of their peaks than they are to the beginning.

    I know, it sounds preposterous. But a lot of studies, including this one, show that a forward’s scoring peak hits around age 25. Well, Kane is 25 and Toews is now past that mark.

    However, when I was poking around about this stuff yesterday waiting for printing to finish, I was leveled out by the fact that the Hawks have two other forwards who have stayed above this slide.

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  • Most Peculiar Mama: Flames 2 – Hawks 1 (OT)

    Most Peculiar Mama: Flames 2 – Hawks 1 (OT)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Well, that was strange. Seems like the Hawks have this game once or twice a year, where they put up a pornagraphic number of shots but don’t break through, give up a sucker punch, scramble to tie it, and then lose in OT or a shootout (or sometimes they don’t even tie it) I guess it’s good they got this one out of the way early?

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  • Morning Links 10/14/14

    Morning Links 10/14/14

    So much for that LTIR: LGH

    Probably in front of the 17th pick of the 2009: CSN AP

    Notes from Rock Vegas: TMI

    Farewell Brave Lion: HockeeNight

    The Pee-Wee team in Garden River is insulted: TSN

    This is what happens when you build a rink in the Everglades: CBS

    and I don’t present a problem to an unlimited lobster dinner: SN AP

     

  • Morning Links 10/10/14

    Morning Links 10/10/14

    Rapid Overreaction: NHL

    Damn Real: HockeeNight

    Crow: LGH

    Kaner: CST

    If the shoe fits: Chicago Tribune

    Comcast is allowed to get away with it: SN

    Yes it is: ESPN

  • Wheel It Out Here, Carnac

    I do this every year, basically so you lot have cudgel with which to beat me over the head in April. I’m here for you people. So let’s get to it.

    Hawks Points Total – 108. They are capable of 115 or 116 but I doubt they escape the injury bug and there’s always the March doldrums they seem to go through that limits their output. Where that puts them in the division? Probably 2nd as I’m guessing the Blues go all out to avoid the Hawks in the 1st round (putting them in prime position to lose to Dallas in the 1st round). Which almost certainly means another tussle with Minnesota. Fun times!

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  • Morning Links 10/8/14

    Morning Links 10/8/14

    Well isn’t this a wrinkle: Chicago Tribune

    What happened?? SunTimes

    And being 6’2: CSN AP

    This is really really awesome: SN

    Well that depends:GnM

    Good: PD

     

  • Morning Links 10/6/14

    Morning Links 10/6/14

    Good-Bye Sweet Prince: Chicago Tribune

    Salad is bad: ESPN

    The Dragon has been caged: CT

    Yet this pisses me off the most: PHT

    Just wait: The Score